Advanced, Earth Sciences, Notes

Open Web Mapping

design, develop, and implement custom web mapping applications using open standards and open source software, open source software packages for web mapping, pointers to commercial solutions where appropriate

Environment and Sustainable Development

examines policy responses to environmental problems caused by economic development with special attention to innovation, innovation for the environment explored: reading material, course download

Isotope Geochemistry

nucleosynthetic processes and the isotopic abundances of the elements, geochronology and cosmochronology using radioactive decay schemes, use of radiogenic and stable isotopes in petrology and their application to study of the evolution of the crust and mantle, isotopic evidence regarding formation of Earth & solar system, stable isotopes and their use in geothermometry, ore petrogenesis, paleontology, global climate system

Advanced Issues in GIS

spatial interpolation, error and uncertainty, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and Multi-objective decision making: spatial data sets

Field Techniques

techniques used in gathering field data: Before Heading Out, Base Maps and Aerial Photographs, Notes and Forms, Measuring Distances, Tying-into (Baseline, Datum by Triangulation), Brunton Pocket Transit, Tying into a Datum by Azimuth, Conducting a Traverse, Hand Leveling, Vertical Distances and Angles, Total Station, Global Positioning System, Sampling Procedures, Describing Soils, Measuring Erosion, Hydrology, Vegetation, Dendrochronology, Land Use and Landscape Analysis, Cultural Imprints , readings, exercises, updates

Earth Sciences

courses: earth science writing, surface & ground-water resources, hydrologic modeling, snow dynamics and accumulation, hydrothermal system in Yellowstone National Park, applied geological hydrology, controlled groundwater areas in Montana, mountains and plains riparian processes, Northern Rocky Mountain landscapes, electronic hydrology, hydrology of streams and lakes

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